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Yes it's a gas stove and oven. It's commercial grade so would normally be found in commericial kitchens rather than someones home. It wasn't hard to find at all. My wife found it on the internet at a good price (much cheaper than the smaller domestic ovens we could find) and we asked the local gas company who we'd contracted for redoing most of the plumbing during the renovations if they could supply it at the same price. They agreed as long as we exclusively signed up for our gas delivery from them for 3 years.

Many houses up here are wood or have a concrete rendering on the outside. When we renovated we completely replaced all the insulation throughout the house and reclad the exterior with an aluminium sheeting that has insulation within it as well. We also replaced all the windows with double galzed windows. Overall the house is now much better insulated than what it was.

We also put in a central heating system that heats an oil/water mix that is piped to radiators attached to the walls around the house. It gives off a nice evenly distributed heat that does not dry out the air. This runs off kerosene.

We also put in a brand new unit bathroom. The existing one was terribly small. The room that the old bathroom was in is now our laundry. There was a rear entrance to the house with a large genkan/storage area that we converted into the new bathroom.

It was a lot of work. Basically we completely stripped everything out of the old place back to the framework and started again. We removed some interior walls and ripped out the old floor to relevel it. Same on the second story. This was the second house that I've bought and completely renovated. To be honest don't think I would really ever want to do it again. Next house I buy will either be near new or I'll build it from scratch.